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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Commonalty of Fleurance. King. [This petition is damaged.]Letter to the King from...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/273/13637
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/273/13637
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1317]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Commonalty of Fleurance.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- [This petition is damaged.]Letter to the King from commonalty of Fleurance, stating that the Vicomte Fezensaguet is obstructing their right to appoint overseers of the harvest, and ask the King to write to the King of France, asking him to order the Seneschal of Toulouse to maintain and uphold them in this right.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Fleurance, [Gascony, France].
- People mentioned
- Vicomte Fezensagnelli (Fezensaguet)
- Seneschal of Toulouse
- [Philip V], King of France.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Edward II wrote to Philip V of France on this matter on 4 November 1317, presumably in response to this petition (Rymer, Foedera, II, p.347).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- Latin
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Foedera, Conventiones, Literae, et Cujusque Generis Acta Publica, vol. II, T. Rymer, (HMSO, 1727), p.347 (resultant letter from Edward II to Philip V, King of France)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517584/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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